Comments on: An Army Guide to German Customs http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/04/an_army_guide_to_german_custom.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Thu, 24 May 2012 10:04:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: David Ferrier http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2006/04/an_army_guide_to_german_custom.html/comment-page-1#comment-535 David Ferrier Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:34:52 +0000 http://fasweb.beacontec.com/blog/secrecy/2006/04/an_army_guide_to_german_customs.html#comment-535 "The Commanders Guide to German Society, Customs, and Protocol" was interesting reading. Also useful for "lower rank" and civilian visitors to Germany, I suspect. For example, in the 1970s, I travelled to Germany on business a number of times. It's fair to say that I was blithely unaware of many cultural differences that I should have known about. I believe I could have learned about many of them about from this document, had it existed at the time. The section on The Hunt may be of little practical value to most visitors, but it provides an interesting insight on the influence of manorialism, the mediaeval system of land ownership, on modern German culture. “The Commanders Guide to German Society, Customs, and Protocol” was interesting reading. Also useful for “lower rank” and civilian visitors to Germany, I suspect.

For example, in the 1970s, I travelled to Germany on business a number of times. It’s fair to say that I was blithely unaware of many cultural differences that I should have known about. I believe I could have learned about many of them about from this document, had it existed at the time.

The section on The Hunt may be of little practical value to most visitors, but it provides an interesting insight on the influence of manorialism, the mediaeval system of land ownership, on modern German culture.

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